About the Recipe
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Ingredients
Ingredients
1 extra-large egg
4 extra-large egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon for each serving
3 cups lactose free whole milk
4 tablespoons of butter
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon Grand Marnier
Preparation
Preheat oven to 300°F.
Mix whole egg, egg yolks, and 1/2 cup sugar until combined.
Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the lactose free whole milk. Heat over a medium low temperature until very hot, but not boiling.
Slowly add cream to eggs while continuously mixing.
Add vanilla and Grand Marnier.
Pour mixture into 6 8 oz ramekins until they are almost full.
Place ramekins in baking pan, add boiling water to the baking pan until it is halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
Bake 35-40 mins until custards are set when gently shaken.
Remove from water bath, cool, refrigerate until firm.
To serve, add 1 tbsp sugar on top of each ramekin, caramelize with blowtorch, let cool till sugar hardens.